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...masculinity, males often put down “deviant” males like metrosexuals. Those men who really diverge from accepted male behavior—homosexual men, for example, who can’t use the “I’m straight” card to defend their masculinity—suffer even more acute discrimination and violence...
...inaugural meeting, there were Jewish (both Orthodox and Reform), Christian and Catholic students, as well as an Atheist student. Members of the small group shared their eagerness to explain their religious beliefs and practices to friends, but their frustrations as well. Many complained that they often felt pressured to defend or justify their lifestyle. The group also discussed their relationship with University chaplains. According to Davis, the group found chaplains “distant and impersonal” and “unable to relate to the issues of curiosity and questioning that college students experience...
...choice groups are pushing for a law that would ensure the privacy of medical records at abortion clinics. The Justice Department demanded in February (before backing off) that half a dozen such clinics turn over patients' medical records so they could be used to defend the new partial-birth abortion law from a suit filed by a group of doctors. Still, for pro-choice groups, the logical next step is a big one: to mobilize their members behind John Kerry, who, if elected, would appoint Supreme Court Justices committed to upholding Roe v. Wade...
...President fulfilled his biblical responsibility: he ignored both prophets, who then amped their rants and wrote books (these days, prophets are not averse to profits). And as with Clinton, the subsequent brouhahas have revealed the most distinctly unpleasant--and not very righteous--side of the President. Unable to defend his policies in a coherent way and unwilling to acknowledge his mistakes, Bush responds to criticism with ugliness...
...doesn't mess around, either. On the day after Clarke first made his charge on 60 Minutes that before 9/11 the White House had minimized the terrorism threat, it sent out its biggest gun--the Vice President of the United States--to defend its performance. And where did Bush send Cheney to make the response on the most crucial issue of this presidency? There were many respectable forums available. Indeed, the 9/11 commission was holding public hearings down the block and would gladly have interrupted the proceedings for a detailed explanation from the Vice President of why al-Qaeda slipped...